We’ve ranked 35 of the greatest Serie A players ever from ‘legend’ to ‘The Godfather’. The Italian top-flight has played host to countless world class footballers throughout its illustrious history.
Diego Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and Marco van Basten are just a few household names that have graced the iconic league.
And that’s before you even get onto the homegrown talent championed by the likes of Paolo Maldini and Francesco Totti. But who among them are the very best?
We’ve used Tiermaker to assign 35 of the league’s biggest names in recent history across five categories that range from ‘legend’ to ‘The Godfather’. Daniele De Rossi, Dennis Bergkamp, Hernan Crespo, Pavel Nedved, Frank Rijkaard, Patrick Vieira, Antonio Di Natale, Andriy Shevchenko, Gennaro Gattuso, Samuel Eto’o, Christian Vieri Vieira and Bergkamp, two Arsenal legends, also excelled in the Serie A.